ANDERSON LAURINDO

DAVID DOMINGOS

EYAD ALI

MAURO DE JESUS

ABORTION

INTRODUCTION

(Guttmacher Institute)

UNINTENDED PREGNACIES VS ABORTIONS

* REDUCING THE NUMBER OF UNINTENDED PREGNACIES IS KEY TO REDUCE DRAMATICALLY THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS PER YEAR.

Unintended pregnancies vs Abortions (Guttmacher Institute)

IF EVERY HUMAN BEING HAS THE RIGHT TO LIFE, THEN THE UNBORN SHOULD BE PROTECTED BY LAW BY MAKING ABORTION ILLEGAL. ADDITIONALLY,( PREVENT UNINTENDED PREGNANCIES )

FETUS AS A HUMAN BEING

PRO-CHOICE ACTIVISTS MAIN ARGUMENT IS THAT A FETUS IS NOT A HUMAN BEING AND THEREFORE ABORTION IS RIGHT AND SHOULD BE DOWN TO WOMEN’S CHOICES.

• THE PRINCIPLE OF BIOGENESIS STATES THAT EVERY LIVING THING REPRODUCES AFTER ITS OWN KIND.

• TO KNOW WHAT SOMETHING IS, SIMPLY ASK, “WHO ARE ITS PARENTS”.

WHEN LIFE BEGINS

The personhood of the foetus is not attained until a specific period in the pregnancy

The absence of self awareness and consciousness justifies abortion

• Abortion: A woman’s right?

A mere 30% of abortion decisions are made by pregnant women (CITATION)

• One view from a legal precedence

ABORTION

A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO CHOOSE

ADOPTION NOT ABORTION

ADOPTION CAN REDUCE THE RATE OF HEALTH RISKS IMPLICATED WITH ABORTION. (MACGOVERN, 2011)

• HOWEVER

• IN 2013 THE UK REGISTERED 26% OF UNWANTED PREGNANCY WHERE THE AGE GROUP 16-19 ACCOUNTED FOR 7.5%. JUST AROUND 9% GIVE THE BABY TO ADOPTION( WELCOMETRUST, 2013)

• MISCONCEPTIONS

• LACK OF INFORMATION

NEVERTHELESS, TODAY THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADOPTION PROCEDURES. (ABORTIONEDUCATION, ND)

• OPEN ADOPTION PLAN

• SEMI-PRIVATE ADOPTION

• CONFIDENTIAL ADOPTION PLAN

CONTRACEPTIVES METHODS

• THE REASON WHY A NUMBER OF ABORTION IS DECLINING FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IS LIKELY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH AN INCREASED USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES (WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, 2012).

• HISTORICAL ABORTION STATISTICS, RUSSIA:

(JOHNSTON, 2015)

• THE REDUCTION OF NUMBER OF ABORTION REPORTED IS INVERSELY PROPORTIONAL TO THE USE OF CONTRACEPTIVES (DESCHNER, 2003).

Years Life birth Abortion reported

1980 2,202,779 4,506,249

1990 1,988,858 4,103,425

2000 1,247,490 2,138,750

2010 1,788,948 1,186,108

2012 1,896,263 1,070,980

CONTRACEPTIVES METHODS

• THE CONTRACEPTIVE INJECTION.

• COMBINED PILLS

• DIAPHRAGM

• IMPLANT

(NHS Choices, 2013)

• CONTRACEPTIVES PROMOTES EARLY ABORTION. (LIFE ISSUE INSTITUTE, 2013).

• SOME CONTRACEPTIVES ACT IN ORDER TO AVOID FERTILISATION OF THE EGG (BBC NEWS, 2014).

• PREVENT FROM SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.

REFERENCES

• ABORTIONEDUCATION,(N.D). CONSIDER ADOPTION .PREGNANT AND NOT SURE WHAT TO DO? CONSIDER ADOPTION AS AN ALTERNATIVE. AVAILABLE AT: HTTP://WWW.ABORTIONEDUCATION.ORG/AE/ALTERNATIVESADOPT.HTM

• BBC NEWS. (2014). CONTRACEPTION AND ABORTION. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.BBC.CO.UK/ETHICS/CONTRACEPTION/CONTRACEPTION_ABORTION.SHTML

• DESCHNER, A. (2003). CONTRACEPTIVE USE IS KEY TO REDUCING ABORTION WORLDWIDE. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.GUTTMACHER.ORG/PUBS/TGR/06/4/GR060407.HTML

• GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE WORLDWIDE ABORTION: LEGALITY, INCIDENCE AND SAFETY. HTTP://WWW.GUTTMACHER.ORG/MEDIA/PRESSKITS/ABORTION-WW/INDEX.HTML

• JOHNSTON, R. (2015). HISTORICAL ABORTION STATISTICS, RUSSIA. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.JOHNSTONSARCHIVE.NET/POLICY/ABORTION/AB-RUSSIA.HTML

REFERENCES

MCGOVERN (2011). ADOPTION IS BETTER THAN ABORTION. AVAILABLE AT:

HTTP://QUADRANT.ORG.AU/MAGAZINE/2011/10/ADOPTION-IS-BETTER-THAN-ABORTION/

NHS CHOICES. (2013) CONTRACEPTION GUIDE. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.NHS.UK/CONDITIONS/CONTRACEPTION-GUIDE/PAGES/CONTRACEPTIVE-DIAPHRAGM.ASPX

SINGER, P. TAKING LIFE: THE EMBRYO AND THE FOETUS. IN PRACTICAL ETHICS. CAMBRIDGE: CAMBRIDGE UP.

UNBORN VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE ACT. PUB. L. 108-212. 1APR 2004.

WELCOMETRUST (2013). ONE IN SIX PREGNANCIES AMONG WOMEN IN BRITAIN ARE UNPLANNED. AVAILABLE AT: HTTP://WWW.WELLCOME.AC.UK/NEWS/MEDIA-OFFICE/PRESS-RELEASES/2013/PRESS-RELEASES/WTP054814.HTM

WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION. (2012). FACTS ON INDUCED ABORTION WORLDWIDE. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW.WHO.INT/REPRODUCTIVEHEALTH/PUBLICATIONS/UNSAFE_ABORTION/INDUCED_ABORTION_2012.PDF